[InTime News]
SYRIZA leader Sokratis Famellos has called on progressive parties to coordinate and submit a no-confidence motion against the government, facing a widening web of scandals.
“Our democratic duty cannot be exhausted in denunciation. Greek society is highly distrustful of the government,” Famellos said Thursday, stressing that “it is necessary to make use of all parliamentary tools, as well as social and political pressure, and for there to be coordination among progressive forces to realize what the Greek people want.”
Earlier Thursday, main opposition PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis called for immediate snap elections, accusing the conservative New Democracy government of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of undermining democracy to conceal a growing web of scandals.
An ongoing EU investigation into the scandal surrounding the OPEKEPE agricultural payments agency has expanded to include additional members of the ND government and MPs, while the Tempe railway disaster trial – where 36 defendants, including Transport Ministry officials, are facing charges – is underway.
“Mr. Mitsotakis has caused a deep political crisis in the country with incalculable economic and social consequences, is intensifying insecurity, and challenges social cohesion,” Famellos said, referring to “a national and social necessity to get rid of this corrupt and dangerous government immediately.”
To be formally submitted, a no-confidence motion must be signed by at least 50 MPs of the 300-seat chamber.